Australia has lost more mammal species than any other continent and has one of the worst rates of species decline among the world's richest countries, a five-yearly environmental report card released in July by the government showed.That report showed the number of species added to the list of threatened species or in a higher category of risk grew on average by 8% from the previous report in 2016.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com"The need for action to protect our plants, animals and ecosystems from extinction has never been greater," Plibersek said in a statement.Koalas along much of the east coast were listed as endangered in February after nature experts estimated Australia has lost about 30% of its koalas over the past four years.Australia has been battered recently by frequent extreme weather events including the devastating bushfires in 2019 and 2020 in the east that killed 33 people, billions of animals and burned an area nearly half the size of Germany."